In denying Teiresias’s τέχνη Oidipous means that Teiresias’s charges are baseless, for if truth is ever spoken, it is due to a skill or technique that Teiresias lacks. In fact, however, Oidipous’s own statement is true: the accuracy of Teiresias’s utterance stems not from a skill or craft, but from his lending himself to the god’s use of him as a medium. Ironically, it is also not due to skill or craft that allows Oidipous’s present speech to hit upon the truth; it is due to the god’s use of him as an unconscious medium. [Apcma] [Apcmu]